Positive Qualities: True-blue & Inner-directed

This is the true joy in life: the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Author

Peace,
Jim

          TRUE-BLUE

          INNER-DIRECTED

Definition: guided in thought and action primarily by one’s own scale of values as opposed to external norms

Parental Quality: faith

Comment:
     When focusing on the inner realm, you will discover subconscious, conscious, and superconscious. You will know the superconscious by its feel. This is the area from which your higher impulses and a sense of right action emanate. This is what to heed.
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Positive Qualities: Extroverted & Distinguished

He looked at all his choices and said, What would a good person do, and then did it. But he has now learned something very important about human nature. If you spend your whole life pretending to be good, then you are indistinguishable from a good person. Ender in Exile, Orson Scott Card (1951-)

Extroverted, in this context, would imply a love of others, a willingness to serve, and a kind-hearted outlook. These actions may, and should, result in a recognition of and an appreciation by others of a Distinguished personality.

Peace,
Jim

          EXTROVERTED

Balancing Qualities: courteous, sensitive

          DISTINGUISHED

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Positive Qualities: Gallant & Unique

As a man thinks within himself, so he is. — The Bible, Proverbs 23:7, Solomon

The young and the conformist seek the safety of compliance. It takes Gallant insight to recognize the Unique personality we are alone. And even more courage to act upon this self-reflective acumen.

Peace,
Jim

           GALLANT

Synonyms: bold, fearless, intrepid, valiant

          UNIQUE

Quotes:
When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training. — Frank Herbert (1920-1986) Heretics of Dune

— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Poet

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Positive Qualities: Freethinking & NonJudgmental

Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being. — William James (1842-1910) Philosopher

Lines of thought are literally laid down in the brain. “Mind over matter” is played out everyday. The higher in the mind one goes the more Freethinking one must be. In order for the intellect to soar, one is well served by the removal of preconceived notions: a Nonjudgmental state of consciousness.

Peace,
Jim

FREETHINKING

Definitions: (1)
characterizes a person who forms opinions on the basis of sound reasoning, independent of authority, tradition, or established belief; self-determining; (2) one who accepts the possible validity of all modes of thought or action; open-minded

Balancing Quality:
cooperative

Familial Qualities:
independent, individualistic

NONJUDGMENTAL

Definition:
avoiding judgments based on one’s personal or especially moral standards

Quotes:
In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay. — Charles Edwin Carruthers

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have done. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American Poet

Reflection:
Judgment is essential to survival. But there are variations of judgment. A person who demands an empirical proof for all reality is closing down reason. Did ultraviolet and infrared exist before the instruments were available to detect them? If one must have proof, they are doomed to wait until someone else with the faith to look beyond the norm focuses the lens for them to see.
A person who insists their version of reality is the only one, and demands others step into their mold, is closing the door to the possibilities and truths other realities offer.

Comments:
• Judgment from others is almost always resented (even if correct) unless you completely trust them and give them permission to judge you.
• Another person or society can only be judged justly using their own set of rules and moral standards. Conversely, if you judge yourself by their standards, you reduce the value of your experience.

Advice:
• Use your judgment to protect yourself from dangers.
• Open your heart to judge yourself with penetrating honesty and tender mercy. It is a nervy act.

Symbols: 1)
nothingness; 2) the void [not the absence of life but the absence of conflict]

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Nutrition and COPD

A recent study found COPD patients who ate more of four foods – fish, grapefruits, bananas and cheese – seemed to have better lung function. Antioxidants might be the reason, although that’s far from proven.

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is an umbrella term for emphysema and chronic bronchitis – two progressive lung conditions that increasingly limit patients’ ability to breathe. Coughing is a common symptom, but the key signs of COPD are shortness of breath and fatigue with activity and eventually even at rest. While it’s usually detected in middle-aged or older adults, the condition develops gradually. At least 80 percent of patients are current or former smokers, while others have a genetic form of COPD. Even though COPD is a lung disease, it also affects a patient’s ability to eat enough and can lead to unhealthy weight loss, extreme thinness and muscle wasting. According to the National Institutes of Health, COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States.

“The hallmark of COPD is that you have a sort of obstruction in your airway – you’re having a hard time expelling carbon dioxide,” says Ilaria St. Florian, a registered dietitian. “We breathe in oxygen; we breathe out carbon dioxide. And because that becomes more difficult, breathing becomes more labored.” As a result, metabolism goes into overdrive, and patients burn more calories.

To keep up their strength, people with COPD have to significantly change their diets: the foods they eat and how they eat. For patients battling fatigue and loss of appetite, St. Florian offers these tips:

  • Patients “really want to get the most bang for their buck when they’re eating,” she says. “So we recommend not to have big meals – it’s too much of a load at one time.” Smaller, more frequent meals work better.
  • Make sure to get enough protein. “If patients are losing muscle, their dietary protein can synthesize new muscle,” St. Florian says. “That’s really important.”
  • Healthy fats – as in monounsaturated fats from canola oil, avocados and nuts – are heart healthy and provide extra calories for patients who aren’t eating a lot.
  • Dairy products may produce mucus, which can be uncomfortable for some patients, St. Florian says. So ice cream isn’t a good idea.
  • To avoid filling your stomach, don’t drink fluids with meals. “Of course, it’s important to stay hydrated,” she says. “Just drink those fluids between meals.”
  • To avoid aspirating food – having it go down into the lungs with the risk of pneumonia – St. Florian tells patients to eat very slowly. And if they use oxygen, to wear it while they’re eating.

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 Consider the First Source!

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word choreographed an assembly of amino acids into an exquisite array of specific proteins. Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” In so doing God demonstrated a penchant for genomic writing, preceeded by an amazing series of prebiotic events, in a highly orchestrated presentation of evolutionary overcontrol.

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Closing the Nutrient Gap

While the dollar skew in science is seemingly all pervasive, the recent declarations concerning the efficacy, or lack thereof, in vitamin and mineral supplements would appear to betray the corporate line. On the one hand, big-agri would like you to believe that nutrient rich foods can be produced from nutrient depleted soils. On the other hand, big-pharma wants you buying supplements. This, of course, makes it difficult for the politically motivated at the FDA and USDA to remain on step, and for our elected representatives to please their actual owners.

Nutrient gaps were rare on the family farm. Raw milk, for example, was never a problem for those consumers who were just a few steps and a few minutes from the cow. That cow was grass fed on a pasture that was not only expansive, it featured an appropriate bovine population density. The cow poop that hit the soil was totally digested in a matter of days on ground that benefitted from a high microbial biomass. Compare that to the pat that only disintegrates because it is dried by the sun, pounded by the rain, fissured by the freeze, and scattered by the wind.

The microbes that once populated the gut were close cousins to those living in the soil. There were no supplements designed to promote “regularity” because traditional farm dwellers didn’t need them. Likewise, the genetically modified organisms (GMOs), that are designed to resist pests and ripen on the truck, won’t be necessary once the chemical industry has completed its program of sterilizing the soil while also short circuiting the physiological drop or accelerating the pick.

The GMO problem is rooted in agenda science which is, in itself, a betrayal of true science. The personal values of one who engineers a food crop for big money, without regard to paltry nutritional worth, clearly don’t align with the high purpose of the scientific discipline. Then again, there is very little science being done without funding.

The integrity of science depends ultimately upon consumer sovereignty. If buyers refuse to buy from packagers or grocery stores that don’t provide GMO labeling, it doesn’t matter who owns the politicians. If we express a preference for foods produced on biodynamic farms, the mammon service will be forced to cannibalize its own corporatocracy. If we push back from the antibiotics, the hormones, the pink slime, and the high fructose corn syrup of the damn pusher man, we can again become arbiters of our own destiny.

Solar is not alternative energy and nutrition is not alternative medicine. Without the sun there would be no fossil fuels or petroleum based fertilizers. Without good nutrition, there would be no health. The alternative paradigm is at the heart of the deception and it all maps back to Genesis.

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 Consider the First Source!

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word choreographed an assembly of amino acids into an exquisite array of specific proteins. Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” In so doing God demonstrated a penchant for genomic writing, preceeded by an amazing series of prebiotic events, in a highly orchestrated presentation of evolutionary overcontrol.

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Air-entrained Concrete

In Mexico they say: “we build our homes so we have to go outside in the summer to be fresh, and in the winter we go outside to catch the rays of sun to be warm.” And so, the search is on for a concrete mix that is strong with a high insulation value.

Air-entrained concrete contains billions of microscopic air cells per cubic foot. These air pockets relieve internal pressure on the concrete by providing tiny chambers for water to expand into when it freezes. Air-entrained concrete is produced using air-entraining portland cement, or by the introduction of air-entraining agents, under careful engineering supervision, as the concrete is mixed on the job. The amount of entrained air is usually between four and seven percent of the volume of the concrete, but may be varied as required by special conditions.

Perlite concrete aggregate combined with Portland cement, air entraining agent, and water produces an ultra lightweight concrete that is used for insulating roof decks and lightweight floor fills, insulating structural roof decks, curtain wall systems and for a variety of permanent insulating applications. An air-entraining agent is used to improve the workability and to control water content and insulation value. Perlite concrete may be more accurately defined as concrete containing a minimum of 20 cubic feet of perlite concrete aggregate per cubic yard.

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 Consider the First Source!

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“The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head,” and so it is today for many of his followers. Despite all the warnings about the snares laid by moneylenders, despite the fact that gage mort is literally translated as a pledge to give up one’s life, millions have lost their homes through mortgage exploits, and their quality of life through the service of debt.

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Red Meat and Cancer

A sugar that naturally occurs in animals but not humans could be the reason why people are at higher risk for cancer when they consume red meat, researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine reported Monday.

The scientists found that feeding the sugar Neu5Gc to mice engineered to be deficient in it — like humans — significantly promoted spontaneous cancers. Their study did not involve exposure to carcinogens or artificially inducing cancers, further implicating Neu5Gc as a key link between red meat consumption and cancer, according to UCSD.

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 Consider the First Source!

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word choreographed an assembly of amino acids into an exquisite array of specific proteins. Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” In so doing God demonstrated a penchant for genomic writing, preceeded by an amazing series of prebiotic events, in a highly orchestrated presentation of evolutionary overcontrol.

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Making the Most of Wind Power

Wind power accounts for roughly 2.5 percent of total worldwide electricity production but is growing a rate of about 25 percent annually. For as long as ships needed to be propelled, sails have been employed to make use of wind energy. Windmills provided mechanical power for centuries and wind pumps lifted water out of the ground.

The potential of wind power is 20 times more than what all of humankind needs. Wind power is renewable. Mankind cannot run out of it since wind energy originates from the sun.

The worldwide potential of wind power is more than 400 terawatts. One terawatt equals 1 trillion (10 to the 12th power) watts. According to federal resources, the U.S. wants to produce at least 20 percent of its electricity by wind power by 2030.

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 Consider the First Source!

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When we align our objectives with the Divine will, when we strive for the attainment of a worthy goal, when we begin our work with a well defined plan, and when we have ability to work together with others effectively, we have already achieved the trajectory for success. For we know that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

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Positive Qualities: Freethining & Nonjudgmental

Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being. — William James (1842-1910) Philosopher

Peace,
Jim

          FREETHINKING

Balancing Quality: cooperative

Familial Qualities: independent, individualistic

          NONJUDGMENTAL

Definition: avoiding judgments based on one’s personal or especially moral standards

Quotes:
In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay. — Charles Edwin Carruthers

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have done. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American Poet

Reflection: Judgment is essential to survival. But there are variations of judgment. A person who demands an empirical proof for all reality is closing down reason. Did ultraviolet and infrared exist before the instruments were available to detect them? If one must have proof, they are doomed to wait until someone else with the faith to look beyond the norm focuses the lens for them to see.

A person who insists their version of reality is the only one, and demands others step into their mold, is closing the door to the possibilities and truths other realities offer.

Comments:
• Judgment from others is almost always resented (even if correct) unless you completely trust them and give them permission to judge you.

• Another person or society can only be judged justly using their own set of rules and moral standards. Conversely, if you judge yourself by their standards, you reduce the value of your experience.

Advice:
• Use your judgment to protect yourself from dangers.

• Open your heart to judge yourself with penetrating honesty and tender mercy. It is a nervy act.

Consider the Source